The old farm house, or Alice Morton's home, and other storiesW.P. Nimmo, 1872 - 127 pages |
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... rays of the sun could not penetrate . Harry did not return home to tea , so Alice put the boys to bed , and sat down as usual , to her work . Aunt Betsy had gone to bed also . There was a bright fire in the huge fireplace , for the ...
... rays of the sun could not penetrate . Harry did not return home to tea , so Alice put the boys to bed , and sat down as usual , to her work . Aunt Betsy had gone to bed also . There was a bright fire in the huge fireplace , for the ...
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... rays of the sun could not penetrate . Harry did not return home to tea , so Alice put the boys to bed , and sat down as usual , to her work . Aunt Betsy had gone to bed also . There was a bright fire in the huge fireplace , for the ...
... rays of the sun could not penetrate . Harry did not return home to tea , so Alice put the boys to bed , and sat down as usual , to her work . Aunt Betsy had gone to bed also . There was a bright fire in the huge fireplace , for the ...
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... character , like the warm rays of the rising sun melts the huge ice - boulders , and sends their genial streams abroad , to cheer and fer- tilize the valleys below . CHAPTER VI . MOORFIELDS IN SUNSHINE . E will take THE DAWN OF LIGHT . 51.
... character , like the warm rays of the rising sun melts the huge ice - boulders , and sends their genial streams abroad , to cheer and fer- tilize the valleys below . CHAPTER VI . MOORFIELDS IN SUNSHINE . E will take THE DAWN OF LIGHT . 51.
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... rays upon him . When it rose in the morning , there was no faint ray of dawn to prelude its coming ; for it burst suddenly into sight , and it will set just as suddenly when the moon's long day is over . Well , our traveller gazes at ...
... rays upon him . When it rose in the morning , there was no faint ray of dawn to prelude its coming ; for it burst suddenly into sight , and it will set just as suddenly when the moon's long day is over . Well , our traveller gazes at ...
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... . bus , or storm - cloud never gathers up its to discharge them forth in tempests . The nim- angry masses No soft evening clouds ever reflect the golden and crimson tints of sunset , for every ray of light AT HOME ' IN THE MOON . 61.
... . bus , or storm - cloud never gathers up its to discharge them forth in tempests . The nim- angry masses No soft evening clouds ever reflect the golden and crimson tints of sunset , for every ray of light AT HOME ' IN THE MOON . 61.
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ADELAIDE AUSTEN aërial train Alice atmosphere Aunt Betsy beautiful Bolides Books published bound in cloth boys Bridda bright brother called CHARLES BRUCE cloth extra clouds cold colour comet coming crown 8vo dark earth eight moons eyes Farmer Morton father and Harry feyther fire flowers girl glimpse gold golden golden palace gone to bed Harry Morton Harry's horse heard heart heat heavens Illustrations Ivon IVON'S QUESTION Jesus Jupiter king's palace light looked Lutine Mars moon Moorfields mother never night NIMMO'S Ninette numbers orbs paint passed PETER GRANT planet Pleiades published by William rays red planet Mars RICHARD NEWTON round Saturn screen seemed Sidelle solar system stars Stories sun's surface Swan and Eagle tell things thought Thoughtland thousand Tiny and Bobby trade winds traveller Uranus visible voice watch weary wonderful wood words Young
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Page 76 - And earnest thoughts within me rise, When I behold afar, Suspended in the evening skies, The shield of that red star. 0 star of strength ! I see thee stand And smile upon my pain ; Thou beckonest with thy mailed hand, And I am strong again. Within my breast there is no light, But the cold light of stars ; I give the first watch of the night To the red planet Mars.
Page 74 - THE night is come, but not too soon ; And sinking silently, All silently, the little moon Drops down behind the sky. There is no light in earth or heaven, But the cold light of stars ; And the first watch of night is given To the red planet Mars.
Page 84 - That fill the haunted chambers of the Night, Like some old poet's rhymes. From the cool cisterns of the midnight air, My spirit drank repose; The fountain of perpetual peace flows there, — From those deep cisterns flows.